Operational tests of CRYRING@ESR without electron cooler solenoid compensation

Abstract

We have tested operation of FAIR’s low-energy ion storage ring CRYRING@ESR with uncompensated electron cooler solenoid. With its standard working point on the lowest-order difference resonance, a second solenoid is normally used to cancel betatron coupling introduced by the cooler’s magnetic field. In operation with a D+ test beam, we found that omission of the compensation solenoid did not lead to a notable deterioration of beam intensity, quality, or cooling time, though the expected coupling of betatron motion is then clearly observed.